X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4AC10B61.1040609@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:15:45 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: ftp from Win98 in command-only mode? References: <200909281911 DOT n8SJBPhF016727 AT syrano DOT acb DOT uc DOT edu> In-Reply-To: <200909281911.n8SJBPhF016727@syrano.acb.uc.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On 09/28/2009 03:11 PM, Steve Kleene wrote: > I need an ftp client that runs on an Intel x86 machine running Win98 SE that > has been booted into mode 5 ("Command prompt only"). Can cygwin provide > this? > > This is on a lab data-acquisition machine with old D-to-A hardware and > software that will only run from Win98 booted into command-prompt mode. > Upgrading would be too expensive. At the end of every day, I need to back up > the data. I can do it now if I boot full Win98. Since that's pretty slow, > I'd rather just ftp from the Win98 command line. It's possible that our IT > guy is capable of setting up an ssh/scp server that I could access. I expect that the FTP client that comes with the "inetutils" package from Cygwin (1.5 for O/Ss < NT 4.0) would work for you. But correct me if I'm wrong, doesn't Win98 have it's own command-line FTP client. It's been so long since I had to do anything with Win98.... -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple